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Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025

Boston, MA had the highest employed residents of 58 cities in 2025, at 391,074. North Adams, MA had the lowest, at 5,339. The median was 23,991. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest391,074Boston, MA
Lowest5,339North Adams, MA
Median23,99158 cities

All cities, 2025

Boston, MA: 391,074 personsBoston, MA391,074Worcester, MA: 106,014 personsWorcester, MA106,014Cambridge, MA: 71,549 personsCambridge, MA71,549Springfield, MA: 64,089 personsSpringfield, MA64,089Lowell, MA: 61,135 personsLowell, MA61,135Quincy, MA: 59,801 personsQuincy, MA59,801Somerville, MA: 56,568 personsSomerville, MA56,568Brockton, MA: 51,635 personsBrockton, MA51,635Lynn, MA: 51,380 personsLynn, MA51,380Newton, MA: 46,774 personsNewton, MA46,774New Bedford, MA: 46,283 personsNew Bedford, MA46,283Fall River, MA: 44,015 personsFall River, MA44,015Lawrence, MA: 42,033 personsLawrence, MA42,033Framingham, MA: 39,090 personsFramingham, MA39,090Waltham, MA: 38,338 personsWaltham, MA38,338Malden, MA: 37,356 personsMalden, MA37,356Haverhill, MA: 35,880 personsHaverhill, MA35,880Medford, MA: 35,547 personsMedford, MA35,547Weymouth Town, MA: 34,090 personsWeymouth Town, MA34,090Revere, MA: 32,841 personsRevere, MA32,841Taunton, MA: 32,256 personsTaunton, MA32,256Methuen, MA: 28,340 personsMethuen, MA28,340Peabody, MA: 28,255 personsPeabody, MA28,255Everett, MA: 28,242 personsEverett, MA28,242Chicopee, MA: 26,651 personsChicopee, MA26,651Barnstable Town, MA: 26,528 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,528Salem, MA: 26,332 personsSalem, MA26,332Attleboro, MA: 25,572 personsAttleboro, MA25,572Woburn, MA: 24,646 personsWoburn, MA24,646Beverly, MA: 23,335 personsBeverly, MA23,335Leominster, MA: 23,161 personsLeominster, MA23,161Marlborough, MA: 23,105 personsMarlborough, MA23,105Braintree Town, MA: 22,107 personsBraintree Town, MA22,107Fitchburg, MA: 21,977 personsFitchburg, MA21,977Pittsfield, MA: 21,243 personsPittsfield, MA21,243Watertown, MA: 21,241 personsWatertown, MA21,241Chelsea, MA: 19,507 personsChelsea, MA19,507Franklin Town, MA: 19,208 personsFranklin Town, MA19,208Westfield, MA: 19,177 personsWestfield, MA19,177Randolph Town, MA: 18,951 personsRandolph Town, MA18,951Amherst Town, MA: 18,059 personsAmherst Town, MA18,059North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,829 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,829Melrose, MA: 16,186 personsMelrose, MA16,186Holyoke, MA: 15,919 personsHolyoke, MA15,919Northampton, MA: 15,748 personsNorthampton, MA15,748Gloucester, MA: 15,515 personsGloucester, MA15,515Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,033 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,033West Springfield Town, MA: 14,988 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,988Agawam Town, MA: 14,911 personsAgawam Town, MA14,911Winthrop Town, MA: 10,266 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,266Amesbury, MA: 9,744 personsAmesbury, MA9,744Newburyport, MA: 9,686 personsNewburyport, MA9,686Gardner, MA: 9,676 personsGardner, MA9,676Southbridge Town, MA: 8,729 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,729Easthampton, MA: 8,090 personsEasthampton, MA8,090Greenfield, MA: 7,745 personsGreenfield, MA7,745Palmer Town, MA: 6,296 personsPalmer Town, MA6,296North Adams, MA: 5,339 personsNorth Adams, MA5,339Boston, MA: 391,074 personsBoston, MA391,074Worcester, MA: 106,014 personsWorcester, MA106,014Cambridge, MA: 71,549 personsCambridge, MA71,549Springfield, MA: 64,089 personsSpringfield, MA64,089Lowell, MA: 61,135 personsLowell, MA61,135Quincy, MA: 59,801 personsQuincy, MA59,801Somerville, MA: 56,568 personsSomerville, MA56,568Brockton, MA: 51,635 personsBrockton, MA51,635Lynn, MA: 51,380 personsLynn, MA51,380Newton, MA: 46,774 personsNewton, MA46,774New Bedford, MA: 46,283 personsNew Bedford, MA46,283Fall River, MA: 44,015 personsFall River, MA44,015Lawrence, MA: 42,033 personsLawrence, MA42,033Framingham, MA: 39,090 personsFramingham, MA39,090Waltham, MA: 38,338 personsWaltham, MA38,338Malden, MA: 37,356 personsMalden, MA37,356Haverhill, MA: 35,880 personsHaverhill, MA35,880Medford, MA: 35,547 personsMedford, MA35,547Weymouth Town, MA: 34,090 personsWeymouth Town, MA34,090Revere, MA: 32,841 personsRevere, MA32,841Taunton, MA: 32,256 personsTaunton, MA32,256Methuen, MA: 28,340 personsMethuen, MA28,340Peabody, MA: 28,255 personsPeabody, MA28,255Everett, MA: 28,242 personsEverett, MA28,242Chicopee, MA: 26,651 personsChicopee, MA26,651Barnstable Town, MA: 26,528 personsBarnstable Town, MA26,528Salem, MA: 26,332 personsSalem, MA26,332Attleboro, MA: 25,572 personsAttleboro, MA25,572Woburn, MA: 24,646 personsWoburn, MA24,646Beverly, MA: 23,335 personsBeverly, MA23,335Leominster, MA: 23,161 personsLeominster, MA23,161Marlborough, MA: 23,105 personsMarlborough, MA23,105Braintree Town, MA: 22,107 personsBraintree Town, MA22,107Fitchburg, MA: 21,977 personsFitchburg, MA21,977Pittsfield, MA: 21,243 personsPittsfield, MA21,243Watertown, MA: 21,241 personsWatertown, MA21,241Chelsea, MA: 19,507 personsChelsea, MA19,507Franklin Town, MA: 19,208 personsFranklin Town, MA19,208Westfield, MA: 19,177 personsWestfield, MA19,177Randolph Town, MA: 18,951 personsRandolph Town, MA18,951Amherst Town, MA: 18,059 personsAmherst Town, MA18,059North Attleborough Town, MA: 17,829 personsNorth Attleborough Town, MA17,829Melrose, MA: 16,186 personsMelrose, MA16,186Holyoke, MA: 15,919 personsHolyoke, MA15,919Northampton, MA: 15,748 personsNorthampton, MA15,748Gloucester, MA: 15,515 personsGloucester, MA15,515Bridgewater Town, MA: 15,033 personsBridgewater Town, MA15,033West Springfield Town, MA: 14,988 personsWest Springfield Town, MA14,988Agawam Town, MA: 14,911 personsAgawam Town, MA14,911Winthrop Town, MA: 10,266 personsWinthrop Town, MA10,266Amesbury, MA: 9,744 personsAmesbury, MA9,744Newburyport, MA: 9,686 personsNewburyport, MA9,686Gardner, MA: 9,676 personsGardner, MA9,676Southbridge Town, MA: 8,729 personsSouthbridge Town, MA8,729Easthampton, MA: 8,090 personsEasthampton, MA8,090Greenfield, MA: 7,745 personsGreenfield, MA7,745Palmer Town, MA: 6,296 personsPalmer Town, MA6,296North Adams, MA: 5,339 personsNorth Adams, MA5,339
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Boston, MA391,074+0.2%
2Worcester, MA106,014+0.4%
3Cambridge, MA71,549-0.3%
4Springfield, MA64,089-0.1%
5Lowell, MA61,135-0.3%
6Quincy, MA59,801+0.2%
7Somerville, MA56,568-0.3%
8Brockton, MA51,635+0.2%
9Lynn, MA51,380-0.3%
10Newton, MA46,774-0.3%
11New Bedford, MA46,283+0.6%
12Fall River, MA44,015+0.6%
13Lawrence, MA42,033-0.3%
14Framingham, MA39,090-0.3%
15Waltham, MA38,338-0.3%
16Malden, MA37,356-0.3%
17Haverhill, MA35,880-0.3%
18Medford, MA35,547-0.3%
19Weymouth Town, MA34,090+0.2%
20Revere, MA32,841+0.2%
21Taunton, MA32,256+0.6%
22Methuen, MA28,340-0.3%
23Peabody, MA28,255-0.3%
24Everett, MA28,242-0.3%
25Chicopee, MA26,651-0.1%
26Barnstable Town, MA26,528+1.1%
27Salem, MA26,332-0.3%
28Attleboro, MA25,572+0.6%
29Woburn, MA24,646-0.3%
30Beverly, MA23,335-0.3%
31Leominster, MA23,161+0.4%
32Marlborough, MA23,105-0.3%
33Braintree Town, MA22,107+0.2%
34Fitchburg, MA21,977+0.4%
35Pittsfield, MA21,243+0.2%
36Watertown, MA21,241-0.3%
37Chelsea, MA19,507+0.2%
38Franklin Town, MA19,208+0.2%
39Westfield, MA19,177-0.1%
40Randolph Town, MA18,951+0.2%
41Amherst Town, MA18,059-0.2%
42North Attleborough Town, MA17,829+0.6%
43Melrose, MA16,186-0.3%
44Holyoke, MA15,919-0.1%
45Northampton, MA15,748-0.2%
46Gloucester, MA15,515-0.3%
47Bridgewater Town, MA15,033+0.2%
48West Springfield Town, MA14,988-0.1%
49Agawam Town, MA14,911-0.1%
50Winthrop Town, MA10,266+0.2%
51Amesbury, MA9,744-0.3%
52Newburyport, MA9,686-0.3%
53Gardner, MA9,676+0.4%
54Southbridge Town, MA8,729+0.4%
55Easthampton, MA8,090-0.2%
56Greenfield, MA7,745-0.8%
57Palmer Town, MA6,296-0.1%
58North Adams, MA5,339+0.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Massachusetts by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/massachusetts-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Boston, MA, with 391,074 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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North Adams, MA, with 5,339 in 2025.

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